Comments on: Answer to a reader: I hate my corporate job. Should I become an entrepreneur?

By: Jun Loayza

Jun Loayza — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:00:39 +0000

Thanks for the great comment! I’m glad I could be a source of inspiration.

Send me an email at anytime if you have any specific questions about entrepreneurship

By: Dalareich

Dalareich — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:53:08 +0000

Wow jun! Thank you for the enlightenment.. i am a young entrepreneur from Philippines. I have my own start up 6 months IT company here, i’m so thankful to God.. i still survived.. thank you for all the advises.. but you know sometimes.. i’m so tired and going to give up.. but still i am very positive to continue and work hard for the grow of the company and helping other people. Wow, God gave me this blog to inspired me and motivate me. Thank you so much Jun! I’m happy i met someone who’s the same passion and now a very successful entrepreneur.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:58:13 +0000

Good comments Barbara and spoken from someone who has lived a little and understands the intangibles of life and sacrifice.

By: Roger Hamilton

Roger Hamilton — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:20:45 +0000

Thanks….. Very Nice and informative article……. I was looking an article on entrepreneur? this article clear my point……

By: steve

steve — Sun, 02 May 2010 13:29:36 +0000

Great Article! Your article applies to my current situation. I really haven’t truly decide whether I should be an entrepreneur or not, but like you said what if you only have 30 days to live? Right now I’m broke and you can’t get lower than broke right. Thanks for your helpful article. I wish you the best!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:47:32 +0000

Hey Jun-

Your answer to the main question of this post is consistent with my experience, and it’s something that doesn’t get said enough.

My friend Jared Goralnik wrote on this not too long ago, and it was an eye-opener for me. (http://www.technotheory.com/2009/10/entrepreneurial-myth/)

It’s an important topic that probably can’t be repeated often enough, and you said it well.

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By: Allmendinger Enterprises

Allmendinger Enterprises — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:14:37 +0000

I agree with your argument, but entrepreneurship would give the person in question much more control over their career path and lifestyle. I don’t think you can emphatically say that a person shouldn’t try to start a business. It’s not like the world ends when a startup fails…you just go get another corporate job.

By: Tiara

Tiara — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:42:06 +0000

Im about to go back to school after a 2 year hiatus (quit because I couldnt afford it, plus it was getting boring so I went out into the workforce). Im looking for a career path. Im really good at coming up with ideas (I guess you would call that marketing). There is not such thing as VP of Coming Up With Ideas, so what should I do to make $$. (I dont want to be a starving artist) Im not much of a creative (besides coming up with ideas). My first instincts is business because Im really good at it (ran a few of my own in high school), plus I really enjoy the marketing aspect of creating new ways to reach different audiences… what would u suggest? I would love to work for Naked Communications or Widen + Kennedy, but I am not sure what I could offer them…

By: Barbara Saunders

Barbara Saunders — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:05:11 +0000

@Lance, I find it interesting that the minimum criteria you set for being an entrepreneur are so high. I can’t tell from your post what kind of job you have or what kind of money you might earn. What I can say from years of observation is that a lot of people making middlin’ salaries could make at least as much working for themselves and possibly slightly more.

Is the standard really, “If I can’t make $10M, I’d rather deal with HR b.s., lazy coworkers, etc., etc., etc., than NOT have to deal with those things and make the same money?”

That makes no sense to me.

And when you say, “If my company fails, I lose it all,” you’re wrong about that. I know people who started businesses with minimal investments, earned 6 figures annually for a decade or more, paid for their homes, and only then did the business fail relatively quickly and painlessly. In each of these cases, the business owner earned more in the same time period than he was earning in the job he left.